smsm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmsɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: semsem

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to praise [20th Dynasty]

Inflection

Conjugation of smsm (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: smsm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
smsm	smsmw, smsm	smsmt	smsm	smsm

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
smsm	ḥr smsm	m smsm	r smsm

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	smsm.n	smsmw, smsm	consecutive	smsm.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	smsmt
perfective3	smsm	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	smsm.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	smsm	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	smsmw, smsm	smsmw, smsm	potentialis1	smsm.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	smsm	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smsm.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	smsm	active + .tj1, .tw2	smsm	smsm, smsmw5, smsmy5
imperfective	smsm, smsmy, smsmw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	smsm, smsmj6, smsmy6	smsm, smsmw5
prospective	smsm, smsmtj7	—	smsmwtj1 4, smsmtj4, smsmt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smsm  

smsm

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 143